The Harvard Islam in Africa Initiative hosted its fifth annual conference on the theme, “The Fayḍa Tijāniyya Sufi Community in the Twenty-First Century: A Major Articulation of Global Islam.” The conference was convened by Ousmane Kane, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society, Professor of African and African American Studies (FAS). Panel 7: New Fayda Tijāniyya Female Leadership Shaykha Ruqayya Ibrahim Niass Babacar Niang, Al-Najah Institute Shaykha Mariam Ibrahim Niasse Ben Omar Kane, Dar al-Quran, Senegal Shaykha Oumou Khayr Niasse of Niger Sekou Aboubacar Hassoumi, Minister of Mines, Niger From Hidden to Resplendently Wrapped Treasures: Tijānī Women’s Changing Spiritual Authority Joseph Hill, University of Alberta
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